The electric-scooter infiltration of Denver continued as Bird, an electric vehicle sharing company, launched its fleet of electric-scooters Friday.

And the city isn’t happy about it.

Bird joins Lime, the well-known Aurora bikeshare program, as the second electric-scooter provider in Denver. Lime let its fleet of scooters loose in Denver on May 25. Bird’s scooters are now available in Downtown Denver, Curtis Park, Five Points, LoDo, and Villa Park. They have plans to expand to all of Denver as ridership grows, but that prospect faces a big hurdle.

Denver Public Works on Friday gave notice to Bird and LimeBike that they are in violation of the city’s municipal code and ordered the companies to remove their scooters from the public right of way. In a news release, the city said it would remove unattended scooters found in rights of way.

Further, the city stated that scooters aren’t allowed to operate on roadways except to cross the street at an intersection, in bike lanes, on the city’s trail system or in city parks.

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Like Lime, Bird riders use the mobile app to find scooters and pay for rides. Bird scooters cost $1 to unlock and 15 cents per minute. Riders can zip around the city on the sleek black and white electric-scooters at speeds of up to 15 mph for about 15 miles per charge. Riders can also request helmets through the app.

Bird was founded by Travis VanderZanden, a former Uber executive and first COO of Lyft, and has so far logged 1 million rides.

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